98 Observations and Experiments on some English Pastures. 
The enclosed plot | The turf 
Fiorin, Agrostis alba , . 
Yorkshire fog, Holcus lanatus , , 
Hard fescue, Festuca duriuscula , . 
Sweet vernal, Antho.ranthum odoratum 
Dogstail, Cynosurus cristatus 
Rye-grass, Lolium perenne . . , 
Quaking-grass, Briza media — one plant 
AVeeds 
Analysis 
Analysis of the 
of all the 
gramineous 
herbage 
herbage 
Dr. Fream 
. 36 
37 
7 
. 24 
25 
4 1 
. 20 
20 
i 
. 10 
10 
. 7 
7 
. 1 
1 
88 
Dr. Fream found 3 per cent, of leguminous plants and 2 
per cent, of buttercup. The 2 per cent, of weeds I found con- 
sisted of buttercup (Ranunculus acris), mouse-ear chickweed (Cer- 
astium triviale), bugle (Ajuga reptans), sorrel (Rumex Acetosa). 
2. Berheley Castle, Gloucestershire : Lord Fitzhardinge. — 
I visited this pasture on July 22, and was taken over the field by- 
Mr. James Peter. The meadow is always under water duriug the 
winter. It is a plain a little above the level of the water. The 
soil is a rich alluvial loam. The nature of the herbage is neces- 
sarily modified by the winter submergence and the rich, damp, 
alluvial soil. The chief grasses were fiorin, Yorkshire fog, and 
rye-grass. There was a little timothy and cocksfoot, and a few 
plants of soft brome-grass. The weeds were buttercups and 
dandelions. It had been hayed and yielded a crop of over two 
tons to the acre. 
The crop was cut on July 27, 'and the analysis of the 
herbage gave the following results : — 
The enclosed plot | The turf 
Anal vms 
Analysis of the 
of all' the 
gramineous 
herbage 
herbage 
Dr. Pream 
. 34 
36 83 
. 25 
26 2 3 
36 
38 15 
, 2 
3 
Rye-grass, Lolium perenne . . , 
Yorkshire fog, Holcus lanatus 
Fiorin, Affrostis alba with A. vulgaris 3 
Timothy, Phleum proteose "j 
Dogstail, Cynosurus cristatus y • ' 
Cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata J 
Buttercup, Ranunculus aerie . . . 
Dr. Fream found 38 per cent, of white 
formed a rich bottom-growth in his turf — and 
miscellaneous herbage, consisting of buttercup and mouse-ear 
chickweed. _; 
1 With Poa trivialis, Alopecurus pratensis, Cynosurus cristatus. 
» With Poa trivialis and Dacti/lis glomerata. 
■ I have here united the produce of these two plants, as they were not 
separated by Dr. Fream. 
clover — which 
5 per cent, of 
